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House of the Dragon Season 2 Announcement

Fire reigns. #HouseoftheDragon has been renewed for Season 2. pic.twitter.com/6CxhzC7SKv

— House of the Dragon (@HouseofDragon) August 26, 2022

HBO Max has renewed their Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, for a second season. This announcement comes after the premiere of only the very first episode of the series. The second episode of House of the Dragon will premiere on HBO Max on August 28.

Horizon: Zero Dawn Series Gets Director

HORIZON: ZERO DAWN is in development as a Netflix series from The Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman. Aloy, the same protagonist as the Guerrilla Games video game series, will be a main character in the story.

Read more info here: https://t.co/SH7hlxhzn5 pic.twitter.com/UXtJzP78In

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) August 25, 2022

Netflix is set to make a series adaptation of the popular video game Horizon: Zero Dawn. The series will be helmed by Steve Blackman, known for his work as the showrunner of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy. The series will follow the same main character of the video game, Aloy. There is no further news about Horizon: Zero Dawn at this time.

BioShock Film Gets Director

BioShock — our live-action feature film adaptation of the renowned video game franchise — will be directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Slumberland) from a script written by Michael Green (Logan, Blade Runner 2049, American Gods). pic.twitter.com/mDh4ut6ayJ

— Netflix (@netflix) August 25, 2022

Netflix is also set to work on a live-action feature film adaptation of the renowned video game franchise BioShock. Netflix announced the director and writer for the project. Francis Lawrence, known for working on I Am Legend, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and Slumberland will direct, and the script will be written by Michael Green, who worked on Logan, Blade Runner 2049, and American Gods. There is no further news about BioShock at this time.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Joins The Boys

Chuffed to welcome @JDMorgan to The Boys S4. Can't confirm if he's gettin' any tights, though. pic.twitter.com/ApDpQgo0QC

— THE BOYS (@TheBoysTV) August 25, 2022

Amazon announced a new member of the season 4 cast of The Boys. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, known for playing Negan in The Walking Dead and The Comedian in Watchmen, will be joining in an undisclosed role. Season 4 of The Boys currently has no release date.

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